Sligo v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 274, Jan. T., 1908, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., June T., 1905, No. 3,858, on verdict for defendant in case of George D. Sligo and Florence Sligo, his wife, v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Ferguson, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court gave binding instructions for defendant. Plaintiffs appealed.
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Appeal, No. 274, Jan. T., 1908, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., June T., 1905, No. 3,858, on verdict for defendant in case of George D. Sligo and Florence Sligo, his wife, v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Ferguson, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court gave binding instructions for defendant. Plaintiffs appealed. Error assigned was in giving binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb.. Justice Elkin,
The learned trial judge submitted this case to the jury which after long deliberation reported a disagreement, whereupon a verdict for defendant was directed and judgment entered thereon. It is clear as indicated by the course of the trial that the learned court in the first instance entertained some doubt as to the liability of the defendant, but after more mature deliberation concluded that there could be no recovery *138under the facts and the rules of law applicable thereto. The accident occurred on the Old York road upon which is laid a street railway line with…
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- Mahoney v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
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